Earth Box

Have
A Great Tip Or Story On Growing Tomatoes?

Using
an Earth Box, I
have enjoyed
growing tomatoes
for many years. I have discovered the
easiest and best way to grow all of the tomatoes I have ever
wantedand then some.

Plus I have them ripen weeks before any one else and can easily be
tasting my first vine ripened tomato by the 4th of July..

I start off in the winter (about 8 weeks before the last frost) growing
tomato seedlings from seeds. I always try 6 or 7 different varieties.
From
cherry tomatoes
to very large tomatoes as well.

I grow the tomato seedlings under a grow light. About 5 weeks later I
begin to put them outside on the warmerdays..starting with
just an hour or so at first...then building up accordingly during the
next week or 10 days. This helps to harden them off.

I then take the seedlings and plant them in an earth-box planter on
wheels... following their instructions very closely regarding the plant
placement and fertilizer, etc.

I then have the plants outside maybe 2 weeks before the expected last
date of frost for the area. If it gets too cold, I just take the
box off the
deck and wheel them into the garage until the threat of
frost has passed.

Using this method, I always have the first tomatoes of anyone by
weeks...
and
they are
so
easy to grow in the boxes as it requires no weed pulling and you cannot
over-water
them.

The reason you can't over-water
them, is that these boxes use a reservoir system with a drain
hole on the bottom of the box. Thus one fills the reservoir and the
tomato plants get all of the water they need from the ground-below the
plant. No water ever touches their leaves,etc. So the chance
for a
disease
is greatly reduced.

Also, the black plastic that covers the ground that the plants grow
through helps to keep the soil much warmer than the outside ground and
really helps the plants to bloom sooner.

Buy
an Earth Box Planter

If
you're trying to find a good place to start, click on
the link below and you'll find a really great kit that I
HIGHLY
recommend. It comes with
literally everything you need to start.